ArtosRC:Even as a kid, I couldn't finish an episode of Dexter's Laboratory. Not much has changed.

Me either but I didn't like a majority of the CN cartoons growing up,especially that Cow and Chicken one but Samurai Jack was amazing. Nick was awesome during the 90's so maybe that's why? I'll still watch Spongebob,Rocko's Modern Life,Angry Beavers or Invader Zim cause they're still fantastic.I didn't like Invader Zim when it came on but waaaay later on I read Johnny The Homicidal Maniac,Squee and Fillerbunny and figured out he was the same guy behind it. I watched it and found it far better than I remembered,well besides when it came on that I was a snotty teen and having a phase of "Cartoons are for babies!"

A Terrible Human:ArtosRC: Even as a kid, I couldn't finish an episode of Dexter's Laboratory. Not much has changed.

Me either but I didn't like a majority of the CN cartoons growing up,especially that Cow and Chicken one but Samurai Jack was amazing. Nick was awesome during the 90's so maybe that's why? I'll still watch Spongebob,Rocko's Modern Life,Angry Beavers or Invader Zim cause they're still fantastic.I didn't like Invader Zim when it came on but waaaay later on I read Johnny The Homicidal Maniac,Squee and Fillerbunny and figured out he was the same guy behind it. I watched it and found it far better than I remembered,well besides when it came on that I was a snotty teen and having a phase of "Cartoons are for babies!"

I like all you named except for what's highlighted. I figured the exact day I got old was when I figured Hank was my favorite character on King of the Hill (well besides Cotton).

You aren't that far off. Subby may be making little of it, but I'm not sure how I would've reacted to seeing that cartoon as a child. Rude puts how the characters act mildly, I can see why Cartoon Network decided not to show that episode.

moothemagiccow:TV's Vinnie: I miss the old days of REAL Cartoon Network.

Before the dark times. Before "Tim and Eric".

I think Regular Show and Adventure Time are worthy successors to Dexter

eh, what little I've seen of Regular Show is kind of crap. It seems like crassness is the only joke on the show. Adventure Time is a legitimately great show, though. The last new episode was great; I don't think I've ever seen a show that would voluntarily take a shiat on its fanfic-writing fans.

FeedTheCollapse:moothemagiccow: TV's Vinnie: I miss the old days of REAL Cartoon Network.

Before the dark times. Before "Tim and Eric".

I think Regular Show and Adventure Time are worthy successors to Dexter

eh, what little I've seen of Regular Show is kind of crap. It seems like crassness is the only joke on the show. Adventure Time is a legitimately great show, though. The last new episode was great; I don't think I've ever seen a show that would voluntarily take a shiat on its fanfic-writing fans.

I was watching it with my girls, and was laughing at the same thing. The show is weird, because while it's hugely enthusiastically geeky about some things, they have a great self awareness and cynics' wit about them that can keep me laughing t the crazy shiat they're doing.

PainInTheASP:DubyaHater: No, because I'm an adult who hasn't watched cartoons in years. Hell, I haven't owned a television in 5 years and I am better for it. Nothing but trash and lowbrow humor on TV nowadays.

So why did you bother with this thread then?

People who don't watch TV are much like vegans and Prius owners, in that they have to tell you about it very chance they get.

Onkel Buck:PainInTheASP: DubyaHater: No, because I'm an adult who hasn't watched cartoons in years. Hell, I haven't owned a television in 5 years and I am better for it. Nothing but trash and lowbrow humor on TV nowadays.

So why did you bother with this thread then?

People who don't watch TV are much like vegans and Prius owners, in that they have to tell you about it very chance they get.

Don't forget Mac owners and fundie Christians. Both are a step above a sacrificial cult that can't wait to tell you why they are happier and/or better than you.

I was in Paris the week before last on vacation, and I kept saying that over and over again with the snootiest flair I could. Obviously not out and about, pissing off the Parisians, but in the hotel room to my wife and kids.

FeedTheCollapse:Adventure Time is a legitimately great show, though. The last new episode was great; I don't think I've ever seen a show that would voluntarily take a shiat on its fanfic-writing fans.

This one was good, but I prefer the one where Finn gets the mini-characters. It was a much bigger fark you to annoying fans, in an awesome way. They pretty much say those who get too involved in "shipping" or who write relationship fanfiction are slovenly losers with no friends who ruin fiction with nonsensical relationship pairings that sink into weirdness, broken characters, and depravity.

I loved Dexter as a kid before school and I still think it's hilarious now. Not every episode is, but it had the same appeal to me that Spongebob, Adventure Time, Rocko did, where there are jokes I laugh at now I didn't get as a kid.

Onkel Buck:PainInTheASP: DubyaHater: No, because I'm an adult who hasn't watched cartoons in years. Hell, I haven't owned a television in 5 years and I am better for it. Nothing but trash and lowbrow humor on TV nowadays.

So why did you bother with this thread then?

People who don't watch TV are much like vegans and Prius owners, in that they have to tell you about it very chance they get.

When it comes to people who don't own TVs, I tend to assume they still watch Netflix or torrents on their computer, thus creating a loophole that they can brag about. I definitely understand not watching broadcast TV, or not having cable, but bragging about not having a physical set has lost some impact now that computers can be used for all of your entertainment needs.

Used to work with a guy (in his 20s) who claimed he didn't have a TV growing up. Turns out he meant his parents didn't subscribe to cable. Not quite the same thing...

PainInTheASP:DubyaHater: No, because I'm an adult who hasn't watched cartoons in years. Hell, I haven't owned a television in 5 years and I am better for it. Nothing but trash and lowbrow humor on TV nowadays.

So why did you bother with this thread then?

So he could be a contrarian and show us how unique and superior he is to all of us mindless troglodytes.

oldfarthenry:Back in MY day cartoons were more wholesome. No cursing or swearing - just good ol' anvils to the head and shotgun blasts to the face!

Cartoons have always been loaded with sexual innuendo and adult type themes. It was just that they went over your head as a child and in the older cartoons the references were so subtle that most adults missed them because they weren't paying too close of attention to the cartoons. These days the references are very overt and in your face.

Jensaarai:FeedTheCollapse: Adventure Time is a legitimately great show, though. The last new episode was great; I don't think I've ever seen a show that would voluntarily take a shiat on its fanfic-writing fans.

This one was good, but I prefer the one where Finn gets the mini-characters. It was a much bigger fark you to annoying fans, in an awesome way. They pretty much say those who get too involved in "shipping" or who write relationship fanfiction are slovenly losers with no friends who ruin fiction with nonsensical relationship pairings that sink into weirdness, broken characters, and depravity.

hm, I didn't pick that up when I saw that episode; though that theme was much more explicit on the recent episode. They've been on a pretty high quality streak lately.

Dexter and Computree Get Madark! -- Written and narrated by a six-year old and hilariously animated. ("And then Mandark.... and then Dexter said, 'You are stoooopid. You are stoooopid.")

Last But Not Beast -- Voltron parody

I liked the Dad storylines the best. The Mach 5 episode, the snowball fight episode where he trains the kids, and the Dad is Disturbed episode where he just wants to watch the game in his chair but they keep bothering him... the parents were really funny in some episodes. There was a good one where the kids drink all the coffee so the parents go crazy, and another where Dexter gets a bad grade so he puts DeeDee in their mom's body to pretend to be her with the principal. Now I gotta go watch this show.